The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15
= PATRIOTIC SPEECH.

PATRIOTIC SPEECH.
How Young Lady Presented Flag "a =
Company of hoy Soldiers. and what iss.-
came Of sone Of Them.
In the chapter Of 1.-The Fairport
Nine relating to the military company
of boys. il Is told that those young
heroes had standard presented Ia
them. Now this actually happened.
Our boys company was called the
Hancock Cadets. The county i'm which
our town was situated being Hancock.
The name Of the town is Castinc, not
Fairport as in the story There were
twelve Of US, and great was the snc-
cess Of our little band as 'traincrs"
On the Fourth Of July. 1910. the flag
was formally presented to our COM
pany by the big sister Of one Of the
private soldiers. As l was standard
bearer, It became my duty torcceivc the
banner and make speech. Our noble
young captain drew Us up in line be-
fore the great front door Of the house
in which lived the young lady who was
to present the flag to Us. Accompanied
by bevy Of her blooming companions.
the young lady came out on the top
step. with great dignity. and delivered
the following address:
'foung soldiers. 1t is with pleasure
that meet you on this glorious day. 50
dear TO every patriot, and present to
you standard. whose Stars aud Stripes
will show you that it Is the true Amcri-
can Flag. II, whenever you march be-
Meath It, you remember those brave
men who. under such 81 andarl. fought
50 long and nobly forour indepe ndence.
and determine that when 4 time Of
danger shall come you will defend your
country with irmness and courage like
theirs, can ask no more Of you rs New
England soldiers!
II do not wish you to love war. True
glory can be gained only when we fight
for freedom But wish you to love
your countryl Read the history of
Washington. the Father Of bis Country.
and Of the other heroes who fou ght the
battles 81 the revolution. And read.
too. Of those who. like the illustrioas
Harrison, have in later times defended
our land against its enemies Read the
lives Of such men. repeat. and en-
deavor to be animated by their spirits
And would have you learn more Of
your country-what broad and beau
tiful land il il. and how worthy TO be 4
patriots home. The more you learn 81
il the dcarer II will be to you; and YOU
should become more earnest 10 do
all in your power TO make il free and
happy. Iwish You 10 believe that bad
citizens are the worst enemies OF their
country, for you will then be likely to
grow up good citizens and try TO make
others 50.
And now, after urging you once
more to be always ready to protect
every part Of our beloved country.
even to the remotest log-cabin that il
built upon its borders, I will place in
your hands the Star-Spanglcd Banner
Forever foat this standard sheet
Where breathes the foe but falls before Us.
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner streaming DER usy'
The blushing young standard bearer
received into his hand the Banner II
II Freedom, and the captain ordered
three cheers. which were given with .
will.
And now let me tell the sequel:
OF the handful Of boys who stood
around the little standard bearcr while
that lesson was given 70 the miniature
soldiers one. the captain, full In tho
siege Of Port Hudson. willing martyr
70 the cause d his country. Another.
q private In the ranks won ID the army
u the Republic title and name for
courage and skill; and he was one ~
the party who rcgained their liberty by
tunneling . passage out Of Libby
Prison. A third. also . private. vent
to the wars and, after renowned scrv-
ice. came home 70 spend his days in
peace and honor. Afourth. the drum
mer Of the Castine cadets. commanded
Ia many hard-fought naval fight de-
serving well d his country--and, when
peace had returned. he met his death
BY sudden sinking Of his ship. the
man-of-war Oneida. and now lies In
his lonely grave on the coast Of Japan
The lesson in patriotism was not IN
vain. Noah Brooks, IN SO. Micb0ida